Sorry this took so long these I got.
For the older (3-5) kids, I would recommend Tadpole's Promise. It's
hilarious, but the younger kids find it too upsetting and don't see the
humor if it.
Debbie Weiler
Library Media Specialist
Dupo Jr/Sr High School
600 Louisa Dupo, IL 62239
dweiler@dupo.stclair.k12.il.us
Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement
y students enjoy Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg.
You might try "The giggler treatment" by Doyle. My students love it, I
generally read it to the younger crowd, but my 5th and 6th grade
students
will sometimes check it out because they enjoyed it so much. I even
had a
teacher read it because it was one of her 4th students favorite.
This book is English but it is written in such a unique way that it
makes it
fun! I read it aloud every year!
Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook! by Michael Garland
Here are some that my kids have really gotten into, even at second and
third readings.
Title: The Graves family /
Author: Polacco, Patricia.
Publisher: New York ; Philomel Books,
Publication Date: 2003.
LCCN: 2002154487
ISBN: 0-399-24034-9 15.00
Summary:
When the spooky Graves family moves to town and tries to fit in
with the "normal" residents of Union City, everyone is in for a few
surprises.
Title: Rotten teeth /
Author: Simms, Laura.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin,
Publication Date: 1998.
LCCN: 972528
ISBN: 0395828503
Notes:
Six traits: Idea
Summary:
When Melissa takes a big glass bottle of authentic pulled teeth
from her father's dental office for a show-and-tell presentation, she
becomes a first grade celebrity.
Title: The lost and found /
Author: Teague, Mark.
Publisher: New York : Scholastic,
Publication Date: 1998.
ISBN: 0590846191
Summary:
When Wendell and Floyd are sent to the principal's office for
missing a math test, they find adventure in the lost and found box with
Mona, who comes in search of her lucky hat.
Title: The secret shortcut /
Author: Teague, Mark.
Publisher: New York : Scholastic,
Publication Date: 1996.
LCCN: 95045746
ISBN: 0590677144
Summary:
BecauseWendell and Floyd have truoble getting to school on time,
they decide to take a shortcut which leads to an unexpected adventure.
How about selecting from the 2006 Dr. Seuss award books? I think I remember that
Kate DiCamillo's book about Mercy Watson was one of the selections---it is a
definite smile of a book!
Liz Frame
Librarian
May I suggest.......The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne
Holly Roge <hroge@WI.RR.COM> wrote:
Thanks to all who replied to my request for ideas for Dr. Seuss day:
Holly Roge
Library Media Specialist
New Berlin, WI
hroge@wi.rr.com
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Check out the official website. Good ideas there.
http://www.nea.org/readacross/index.html
Jill Brown, LMS
Nardin Academy
Buffalo, NY
buflib@yahoo.com
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One year we has a quiz show with questions from his books. We had the final
rounds on the stage in the all purpose room with whole school in attendance.
The students were encouraged to read as many of his books as they could get
their hands on in the library. We own about 70 with every major title.
Josephine G. Dervan. Library Media Specialist
Strathmore Elementary School, Aberdeen, NJ
Online Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Stout
rderva at infionline.net
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I would love to have a copy of whatever ideas you get. I current do a week
of Seuss.
ie.
Oh the Places You'll Go-wear something from a place you have been
Hop on Pop-wear a tie
Red Fish, Blue Fish-wear Red and Blue
Dr. Seuss birthday-wear red and white
Socks on Fox-wear funky socks
The class with the highest participation gets their picture in the local
paper and a special surprise from the library-pencils, bookmarks,etc.
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Hi Holly - If you want to create mass chaos (in a good way) have a mooing
contest with the whole school. I have done this in the two schools I've
worked in and the kids love it. I read Mr. Brown can Moo can You? to the
whole school, and then I've had two kids from each class, pre-selected, come
up and moo into the microphone. (You could have as many as you want)
I have a poster I call the udder-o-meter - basically it's just a semi-circle
with an arrow that can move in the middle. After the student moos, the
audience cheers. Someone runs the udder-o-meter, moving the arrow higher
according to the volume of the cheering. The first school I did it at was
small about 200 kids - it stayed under control pretty well. The school I'm
at now has over 500 kids, and it got really almost out of control. The kids
loved it, but it got harder and harder to get them quieted down between each
class. Just a thought!
Diana
dgreenleaf@windhamsd.org
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How about a book exchange? Kids bring in old books they don't want anymore
and everyone gets to go "shopping" for new books. We've done it at the
middle school a few times and it's really fun. I'm sure elem. kids would
have even more books.
Erin Fitzpatrick-Bjorn
Teacher Librarian
West Orient Middle School
29805 SE Orient Drive
Gresham, OR 97080
erin_fitzpatrick-bjorn@gbsd.gresham.k12.or.us
http://westorient.gresham.k12.or.us/~fitzpatrick/
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This project is time consuming, but fun. My sixth graders used the
overheads and made black and white outlines of many Dr. Seuss characters.
I advertised to the teachers that we would be putting large silhouettes up
and that they would have a chance to walk through the library and guess (I
made up a matching sheet and each silhouette was numbered). I gave very
simple prizes to the winner in each room. The sixth graders were very proud
and the little ones had a lot of fun guessing. Also got the books read!
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Thanks everyone! Kristina Fallon,
Robert Morris School LIbrary
South Bound Brook NJ
Yaumani@verizon.net
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